     (if-not load?
       ;; only reader-alias, no loading or dependency
       (-> ns-info
-          (check-alias-conflict! as-alias)
+          (check-alias-conflict! lib as-alias)
           (update :reader-aliases assoc as-alias lib))
 
       ;; regular none :as-alias require

          (seq only)
          (assoc :only only)))))

(defn check-alias-conflict! [{ns :name :as ns-info} alias]
  (let [conflict
        (or (get-in ns-info [:requires alias])
            (get-in ns-info [:require-macros alias])

  ns-info)

(defn merge-require [ns-info merge-key alias ns]
  (check-alias-conflict! ns-info ns alias)
  (update ns-info merge-key assoc alias ns))

(defn merge-require-fn [merge-key ns]
